A DECADE OF UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY LINKAGES IN ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING AT BITS

In this paper, a unique educational experiment towards university-industry linkages (UIL) conducted at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) is described. This experiment embraces all disciplines offered by the Institute. The present study analyzes the areas of electronics and instrumentation engineering disciplines in some detail. A profile of projects in the field of electronics and instrumentation carried out by students at various industries, research and development institutions, etc. is also presented in the paper. All aspects of educational pedagogy extending university education in a professional setting as operated in the BITS model are also outlined. Currently operating UIL programs at BITS are also briefly described in the paper. These are Practice School (PS), Technology Innovation Center (TIC), M.E. (Collaborative), off-campus Ph.D., nonformal distance learning programs.